St. Paul teen, 17, to be tried as adult in gang rape of 14-year-old girl

The Ramsey County Juvenile Court Friday certified one of the four juveniles charged in an alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old girl to stand trial as an adult. Jim Her, 17, of St. Paul, was among the four boys and five men involved in the alleged November incident in a house on White Bear Avenue in St. Paul.

The Ramsey County Juvenile Court Friday certified one of the four juveniles charged in an alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old girl to stand trial as an adult. Jim Her, 17, of St. Paul, was among the four boys and five men involved in the alleged November incident in a house on White Bear Avenue in St. Paul.

A motorcyclist has admitted to a hit-and-run involving a four-year-old St. Paul boy who was headed to his birthday party. Twenty-five-year-old Ernest Jonas of St. Paul pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal vehicular operation in Ramsey County. Sentencing is set for Aug. 6.

The Ramsey County Attorney's office Friday charged a 50-year-old St. Paul man with one count of criminal vehicular homicide in connection with the death of 16-year-old Clarisse Grime of St. Paul. Carlos Viveros-Colorado is accused of striking Grime with his SUV Thursday while she was sitting on a shady patch of grass.

A second teenager is charged with first-degree murder in last summer's slaying of a 13-year-old boy, according to an indictment unsealed this week in Minneapolis. Derrick Deangelo Catchings, 16, was certified this week to stand trial as an adult for the Aug. 24 death of Ray'Jon Gomez.

Alleged gang threats made against police officers in St. Paul and Minneapolis stemming from the shooting death of alleged Twin Cities gang leader Victor Gaddy have left citizens concerned. To calm nerves, officers from the St. Paul Police Department held a community meeting Thursday night, which drew about 100 people.

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has removed Curtis Carl Wehmeyer, 47, as a pastor. He was arrested in Oakdale on Friday and released from the Ramsey County Jail on Monday, pending further investigation. He has not been charged. A male juvenile has alleged assaults over a two-year period.